NEW YORK: Jerome Powell (pic) and his fellow Federal Reserve (Fed) policymakers are expected to signal their first interest-rate hike since 2018, paving the way for a March move as the United States central bank tries to extinguish red-hot inflation.
Financial markets in the coming week will get another read on US inflationary developments when the government issues employment cost data for the fourth quarter.
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